Mikheil Korkia

{{short description|Soviet basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Mikheil Korkia | image = Mikheil Korkia .jpg |caption=Mikheil Korkia during basketball game | height_m = 1.98 | weight_lbs = 202 | position = Shooting guard |birth_date=10 September 1948 |birth_place=Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |death_date={{death date and age|2004|2|7|1948|9|10|df=y}} |death_place=Tbilisi, Georgia | career_start = 1965 | career_end = 1979 | career_position = Shooting guard | coach_start = 1981 | coach_end = 1983 | years1 = 1965-1979 | team1 = Dinamo Tbilisi | cyears1 = 1980-1981 | cteam1 = Dinamo Tbilisi | cyears2 = 1982-1983 | cteam2 = Dynamo Moscow |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|1972 Munich | Team Competition}} {{MedalBronze|1976 Montreal | Team Competition}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1971 West Germany | Soviet Union}} {{MedalSilver | 1975 Yugoslavia | Soviet Union}} {{MedalSilver | 1977 Belgium | Soviet Union}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship for Juniors}} {{MedalGold|1966 Italy| Team}} }}

'''Mikheil Korkia''' ({{lang-ka|'''მიხეილ ქორქია'''}}) (10 September 1948 – 7 February 2004) was a Georgian-Soviet basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played for Dynamo Tbilisi.

==Trophies== * USSR Premier Basketball League (1): 1968 * USSR Basketball Cup (1): 1969

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150708033822/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64485/sid/2938/tid/2792/_/1972_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html FIBA Profile] * [http://geonoc.org.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=28&sportmen_id=199 Georgia National Olympic Committee Profile] * [http://msy.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=1658 Mikheil Korkia in quotes - Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia] {{in lang|ka}}

{{Soviet Union squad EuroBasket 1971}} {{Footer 1972 Olympic Champions Basketball Men}} {{Soviet Union squad EuroBasket 1975}} {{Footer 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalists Basketball Men}} {{Soviet Union squad EuroBasket 1977}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Korkiya, Mikheil}} Category:Men's basketball players from Georgia (country) Category:1948 births Category:2004 deaths Category:Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union Category:Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Soviet men's basketball players Category:BC Dinamo Tbilisi players Category:Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Category:FIBA EuroBasket–winning players Category:Sportspeople from Kutaisi Category:Olympic medalists in basketball Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Shooting guards